Walking Lunge
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
Walking lunges are a lower body exercise that enhances balance, stability, and core strength while effectively targeting the quadriceps and gluteus maximus. Performing this exercise regularly can improve overall leg strength and coordination.
How to do it
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and hands on hips.
- Step forward into a lunge with one leg, lowering hips until both knees are bent at 90 degrees.
- Push off the front heel to bring the back foot forward into the next lunge.
- Continue alternating legs in a walking pattern.
- Maintain an upright torso and engage core throughout the movement.
Muscles worked
Primary Gluteus Maximus Quadriceps
Secondary Gastrocnemius Hamstrings Soleus